OsCERK1-Mediated Chitin Perception and Immune Signaling Requires Receptor-like Cytoplasmic Kinase 185 to Activate an MAPK Cascade in Rice

Chao Wang, Gang Wang, Chi Zhang, +6

Molecular Plant

Signal TransductionSignaling PathwayReceptor Tyrosine KinaseImmunologyAutophagy +6

Congenic Strains of the Filamentous Form of Cryptococcus neoformans for Studies of Fungal Morphogenesis and Virulence

Bing Zhai, Pinkuan Zhu, Dylan Foyle, +3

Infection and Immunity

Loss of <i>bcbrn1</i> and <i>bcpks13</i> in <i>Botrytis cinerea</i> Not Only Blocks Melanization But Also Increases Vegetative Growth and Virulence

Chenghua Zhang, Yifan He, Pinkuan Zhu, +4

Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions

Microbial PathogensInnate Immune SystemBacteriologyPlant Pathology∆Bcbrn1 Mutants +15

Transmission of Hypervirulence Traits via Sexual Reproduction within and between Lineages of the Human Fungal Pathogen Cryptococcus gattii

Kerstin Voelz, Hansong Ma, Sujal Phadke, +11

PLoS Genetics

Sexual ReproductionVirulence TraitsPhylogenetic AnalysisPhylogeneticsMolecular Ecology +20

Ethylene produced by Botrytis cinerea can affect early fungal development and can be used as a marker for infection during storage of grapes

Pinkuan Zhu, Ling Xu, Chenghua Zhang, +2

Postharvest Biology and Technology

BiologyBotrytis CinereaEarly Fungal DevelopmentPlant PathologyMicrobiology +3

Postharvest biological control of melon pathogens using Bacillus subtilis EXWB1.

Y. Wang, Zeling Xu, Pinkuan Zhu, +5

Journal of Plant Pathology

Microbial DiseaseMicrobial PathogensMedicineBacteriologyFood Microbiology +6

Compartmentalization of Melanin Biosynthetic Enzymes Contributes to Self-Defense against Intermediate Compound Scytalone in <i>Botrytis cinerea</i>

Chen Xue, Chuanxi Zhu, Yantao Na, +9

mBio

CgSCD1 Is Essential for Melanin Biosynthesis and Pathogenicity of Colletotrichum gloeosporioides

Tan Wang, Dandan Ren, Han Guo, +4

Pathogens

Indigenous PAH degraders along the gradient of the Yangtze Estuary of China: Relationships with pollutants and their bioremediation implications

Xinran Liu, Min Liu, Xing Chen, +4

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Environmental ChemistryEstuarine GeochemistryEngineeringSediment QualitySediment-water Interaction +9

Congenic Strains for Genetic Analysis of Virulence Traits in Cryptococcus gattii

Pinkuan Zhu, Bing Zhai, Xiaorong Lin, +1

Infection and Immunity

Pathogenic MicrobiologyMicrobial PathogensPredicted Virulence FactorVirulence TraitsGenetics +21